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Only connecting on 2nd try.
I've had the R7850 for a little over 2 years. I live in College housing, so I don't have access to the Modem, but just recently, it has started giving me issues connecting on the first try. Every tim...
There was an update released 5 days ago.
You can try a factory reset and see if that helps.
If it doesn't try downgrading a version of the firmware. Maybe it introduced the DNS issues that some other models have experienced on the latest firwmare.
A couple things.
1. did this just start? what firmware version are you on?
2. have you contacted whoever is managing the college housing? Some have their own routing functions built in and either need to add your router to the DMZ or have you switch your router to access point mode. It'll depend on how they have their setup so you can determine how to setup yours.
This started about a week ago, I thought it was just school internet, but nobody else near me is having issues, and it's been getting worse and worse.
Firmware Version
V1.0.5.76_10.1.82I've contacted the school IT and they don't know anything about how the system is set up. but I've had it working just fine for 2 years up until now.
There was an update released 5 days ago.
You can try a factory reset and see if that helps.
If it doesn't try downgrading a version of the firmware. Maybe it introduced the DNS issues that some other models have experienced on the latest firwmare.
Downgrading the firmware appears to have been a solution (for now).